Agapefest: A Christian Music Festival
Agapefest: A Christian Music Festival
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AgapeFest was a student run Christian music festival held here in Greenville Illinois and put on by Greenville College. Danara Moore, a music business professor and former faculty advisor, described the festival as created âby Greenville College students and run by Greenville College studentsâ. Dr. Norman Hall, who was instrumental in ensuring that the two day festival was student driven, called the event the Christian alternative to rock-n-roll in the sun . The line-up held a number of Christian artists and groups, such as Toby Mac, Switchfoot, Lecrae, Owl City, and Skillet. Reportedly, there were as many as 6,000 fans in attendance during certain years, and some years as much as $50,000 was earned. Sometimes, however, $50,000 was lost. Thus,